The Phenomenal Woman: A Maya Angelou Biopic Trailer (AI FILM)

In “The Phenomenal Woman: A Maya Angelou Biopic,” the power of AI filmmaking is used to create an AI movie trailer based on the life of Maya Angelou, the “Still I Rise” poet, herself. Drawing from her autobiographical books and interviews, this AI film trailer is an abbreviated biography of Maya Angelou’s life story, according to her accounts. My hope is that it will continue to preserve the legacy of a great master teacher.

As my 5th AI film project, (I’ll stop counting when I get to 10 and may tell you why later), I must say that doing a piece on someone’s life story was a doozy. Not only is the genre challenging, but while AI tech is rapidly improving it still has its obvious limitations. Fortunately, I not only chose a main character who strongly advocated for forgiveness, lol; but, at the end of the day, I found myself better equipped to deal with many of the AI tech-based issues my upcoming first AI feature film, “Hangman,” includes, as well. So, in the end it all worked out, and I hope you enjoy it.

P.S. I currently have no intentions of making a feature-length movie on Maya Angelou’s life. This is for educational (and, for some, entertainment) purposes only.

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AI Film Made With:
Midjourney, Leonardo AI, Krea, Pixverse, Runway Gen 2, FaceFusion, Topaz Labs, Artlist, Eleven labs, D-ID, Heygen, FreeSound, Canva, Palette, Davinci Resolve

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[TashaCaufield]

Filmmaker’s note: Out of respect for Maya Angelou’s life, (and the “guardedness” us fans have over her legacy), I took little creative license in the making of this trailer. Therefore, any events that may be considered “scandalous” can be traced back to her autobiographical books and interviews… (Oh, and I highly recommend the movie “Little Murders, ” directed by Alan Arkin and written by Jules Feiffer, [Angelou’s “new” friend in the trailer who’s in the living room with James Baldwin and Jules’ wife, who – side note – got Maya to write her first autobiographical book]. I’ve always been a fan of the dark comedy, so when I discovered the connection I was stoked…) Okay, back to working on “Hangman, ” (see link in description), and other projects... (Is this how comments work? lol)

[WednesdAI]

Still returning to this one for inspiration. You came so hard with it, planting a flag. So amazing to see where AI filmmaking, and you as an artist, have gone since then!

[PhilAndersonOutside]

I've watched a few of your AI videos, and this is the best one yet. I think this really shows the potential for is possible in the near future. Thanks for making and sharing this.

[meghathakuria]

Could you tell how you made the eyes blink ?